Swanson et al.'s comment, "Illusive Effects on the Diffusion of an Innovation: A Comment," (Swanson et al. 1991, this issue) contains two major criticisms of our paper (Nilakanta and Scamell 1990), "Effects of Information Sources and Communication Channels on Diffusion of Innovation in a Data...

Increasing importance of emerging information technology, especially the data base component, has prompted the examination of the process of diffusion of innovations in the context of data base system development. This paper (1) examines the extent to which information sources and communication...